Umbrella stick



M. LEON UMBRELLA STICK F eb. 28, 1939.

`Filed May 3, 1938 Illllnllli.

Patented Feb. 28, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE 3 Claims.

The present invention relates to umbrella sticks and has for its primaryobject to provide a sectional stick of this character by means of Whichthe lower portion of the stick may be arranged in a position out ofalignment with the upper portion thereof in order that the umbrella maybe centrally supported over a person without interference by the stick.

A further object is to provide a sectional stick of this characterembodying an intermediate connecting link between the upper and lowerportions of the stick and adapted to telescope into said upper and lowerportions when the umbrella is in a folded position.

A further object is to provide means for rigidly securing the link in ahorizontal position with the lower portion of the stick off-set from thelongitudinal axis of the upper portion of the stick when the umbrella isin rased or open position, whereby the central portion of the umbrellamay be supported above a person without interference with the stick.

An additional object is to provide a device of this character of simpleand practical construction, which is strong and durable, neat andattractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture andotherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which- Figure 1 is afragmentary elevational view of the upper portion of the umbrella stickshowing the same in position when the umbrella is open and with partbroken away and shown in section, and

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the stick when the umbrella is in aclosed or folded position.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, wherein for the purpose ofillustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention,the numeral 5 designates the lower portion of an umbrella stick and thenumeral 6 designates the upper portion thereof adjacent the upper end ofwhich the umbrella frame 'l is secured in any suitable manner. The frameincludes a brace 8 pivotally connected to a collar 9 slidably mounted onthe stick sections 5 and 6 during the raising and lowering of theumbrella.

The sections 5 and 6 preferably are of hollow construction and havetheir adjacent ends oppositely beveled as shown at IO and Il forconformably abutting each other when the sections are in verticalalignment as shown in Figure 2.

The lower end of the section 6 is provided with a transversely extendingpin IZ and the upper end of the section 5 is provided with atransversely extending pin 13, the pins 12 and l3 being slidablypositioned in slotted openings [4 and l5 respectively extendinglongitudinally in a link member l6, said link member being of a diameterslightly less than the diameter of the sections 5 and 6 for insertion insaid last named sections when the same are in 'alignment.

The side walls of the sections 5 and 6, at points opposite from thebeveled portions Il] and Il are respectively provided with openings l'land 18 for receiving the end portion of the link l6 when the sections 5and 6 are moved in a direction away from each other and the link IBpivoted on the pins l2 and l3 into a horizontal position as shown inFigure 1.

The link adjacent each end is provided With spring catches 19 and 20,each of said springs having a notch Zi formed therein for engaging theedge portion of the adjacent stick section to releasably lock the linkIG in its horizontal position.

In this manner it Will be apparent that the section 5 of the stick ismaintained in an off-set parallel relation with respect to thelongitudinal axis of the section B and in a position toward one edge ofthe umbrella in order that the umbrella may be centrally positioned overa person without interference by the lower portion of the stick.

In the operation of the device, with the umbrella in a closed or loweredposition as. shown in Figure 2, the collar 9 is raised upwardly untilthe same is engaged by the spring catch 22 whereupon the sections 5 and6 of the stick may be moved away from each other and the link I B swunginto a horizontal position and secured to the respective sections by thespring catches l9 and 26. When it is desired to lower the umbrella thespring catches 19 and 2ll are released, enabling the link 16 to be movedinto longituinal alignment with the sections 5 and 6 and telescopedtherein, whereupon the collar 9 may be released and moved downwardlyalong the stick.

It is believed the details of construction and manner of operation willbe readily understood from the foregoing without further detailedexplanation.

I-Iaving thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In an Umbrella stick, a pair of hollow stick sections, a linkpivotally connected at each end to said sections, a pivoted and slidabledirect connection between each end of the link and the respectivesections of the stick and adapted for telescoping into each of saidsections and means carried by the link engageable With the respectivesections for securing the link in a. horizontal position With the sticksections off-set relative to each other.

2. In an umbrella stick, a pair of holloW stick sections, transverselyextending pins carried by each of said sections, a link havinglongitudinally extending slots therein for slidably receiving said pin,said link being adapted for telescoping into said sections when thesections are positioned in alignment and means for securing the link atright angles to said sections for maintaining the sections in off-setparallel position.

3. In an umbrella stick, a pair of hollow stick sections having abuttngoppositely beveled edges, each of said sections having an opening formedin the wall thereof opposite from its beveled edge, a link havinglongitudinally extending slotted openings therein, transverselyextending pins carried by each stick section slidably inserted in saidslotted openings, the ends of said link being adapted for insertion inthe openings of the respective stick sections and spring catches carriedby the link engageable With an edge portion of each of the sections forsecuring the link in a right angle position with respect to saidsections and with the sections in an off-set parallel relation.

MAX LEON.

